Copy-holder attachment for type-writers.



H. 6. ENGLISH.

COPY HOLDER ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE WRITERS.

(Application filed. July 17, 1899.)

Pate nt ed Nov. l4, I899.

' (No Model.)

WWW/WWW E UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT Gr. ENGLISH, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

COPY-HOLDER ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE-WRITERS.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,963, dated November 14, 1899.

Application filed July 17,1899. Serial No. 724,044. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT G. ENGLISH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Copy- Holder Attachment for Type Writers, of which the following is a specification.

My objectis to provide a simple, artistic, strong, and durable copy-holder adapted to be detachably connected with the frame of a type-writing machine in such a manner that it will project perpendicularly in rear of the machine and in direct line of vision of the operator in front of the machine as required to avoid the annoyances, difficulties, and injury to the eyes incident to the use of a copyholder located at the side of a machine.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a front face View of my device, and the portion of the frame of a type-writer to which it is to be attached is indicated by dotted lines.- Fig. 2 is an end view of the frame of a type-writing machine and an edge view of my copy-holder attached thereto in the manner required for practical use by an operator in front of the machine. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of one of the devices at the bottom of the copy-holder for detachably fastening it to the frame of a type-writing machine. I v

The letters A and A designate mating uprights made of fiat metal bars coiled outward at their upper ends and twisted near their lower ends, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. They are connected at their top ends by a rod B and at their lower planes by rods B B and B as required to producea rigid frame. To the lower ends of the mating uprights are pivoted extensions or links 0, and to the lower ends of said extensions are pivoted el-.

bow-shaped bars D, that terminate at their free ends in parts f, adapted to engage the frame of a machine to be detachably fastened thereto by means of a clamping device h, slidingly connected therewith, as shown in Fig. 2, or in any'suitable way as required to retain the complete copy-holder in an upright position in rear of a machine.

It is obvious that the manner of connecting my invention with different styles of machines must vary. It is also obvious that thedevice as shown may be adjusted to machines differing in width, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Rollers J and J are journaled to the top portions of the mating uprights A and A and the lower one is provided with a fixed diskon its extended axle adapted to be seized between a persons thumb and forefinger to be rotated therewith. An auxiliary frame is composed of two mating uprights 'm, that terminate in hooks at their top ends adapted to engage the rod B, as required to pivotally connect the auxiliary frame with the main frame in such a manner that it can swing outward, as shown in Fig. 2. The bars m are twisted at their top end portions, and below the twists is fixed a fiat cross-bar 01, adapted to serve as an indicator when copy is held between the two frames. In lower planes the bars m are connected by rods 0" and r and at their bottoms by a cross-bar s, that may be integral with the uprights, so that the principal part of the frame can be made of a single length of a fiat bar.

To connect a sheet of manuscript or printed.

copy with my copy-holder, I swing the lower end of the auxiliary frame outward and pass the upper end of the paper through between the rollers and then let it hang, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, to be overlaid by the auxiliary frame as it is placed in its normal perpendicular position between the uprights of the main frame as required to clasp the paper between the cross-pieces of the two frames in such a manner thatit can be readily raised or lowered by simply rotating the lower roller J, as required to bring lines of the copy successively in view at the top edge of the indicator cross-bar n.

When pages of copy are bound together, the collection can be hung upon the top rod B and the leaves successively turned over to uncover the next page; while the remainder are held together between the two frames.

It is obvious that the lower end of the main frame can be readily fixed to a portable base to be used on a desk or wherever it can be placed in a convenient position relative to a person desiring to use it.

By my manner of forming and combining an auxiliary frame with the main frame a long piece of copy can be securely and adj ustably retained advantageously between the two frames in such a manner that it cannot be bent or doubled and displaced by wind or contact of any extraneous object as long as the hinged frame overlies it.

Having thus described my invention, its application, and operation, its practical utility will be obvious to persons familiar with the art to which it pertains, and what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent therefor, is

1. In a copy-holder, the combination of a frame composed of two straight parallel side pieces having adjustable clamping devices at their lower ends adapted for detachably fastening them to the frame of a type-writer and a plurality of cross-pieces fixed to the side bars at different points of elevation, an auxiliary frame composed of two fiat side pieces twisted at their upper end portions and hinged at their tops to the upper cross-piece of the main frame andconnected at different points of elevation by cross-bars and a flat indicator fixed to the side pieces below the twists in their upper portions, for the purposes stated.

2. In a copy-holder, a rigid frame composed of two mating side bars and a plurality of cross-bars, a short straight length or link piv' oted to the lower end of each side bar, a bar bent at right angles at each end pivoted to the lower end of each link and a. clamping device slidingly connected with each of said angularly-bent bars, for the purposes stated.

3. A copy-holder adapted to be detachably fixed to the frame of a type-writer to project vertically in rear of the machine comprising a frame composed of two straight parallel side pieces rigidly connected at different points of elevation by cross-pieces, straight links pivoted to their lower ends, angle-bars pivoted to the lower ends of said links and clamping devices slidingly connected with the anglebars, a pair of rollers journaled to the top portions of the side bars and an auxiliary frame composed of two parallel side bars hinged at their top ends to the top portion of the main frame, an indicator fixed to said side bars at a point below the rollers and a plurality of fixed cross-bars at different points of elevation below said indicator, all arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

ROBERT G. ENGLISH. 

